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Arizona Supreme Court denies West's bid to appear on ballot
PHOENIX - The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Kanye West's bid to appear on the state's Nov. 3 ballot as an independent presidential candidate, just hours before eight of the state's 15 coun...
Sep 08, 2020
Alberta adds 619 new COVID-19 cases over long weekend, Grande Prairie adds two new cases
Alberta Health announced 619 new cases of COVID-19 over the Labour Day long weekendFive new COVID-19 deaths were reported, bringing the total to 247. The province tested 47,406 people over the weekend...
Sep 08, 2020
Appeals court agrees R&B singer R. Kelly should stay jailed
NEW YORK - R. Kelly can remain behind bars awaiting multiple trials on child pornography and other charges in three states, an appeals court in New York said Tuesday as a lawyer for the R&B singer...
Sep 08, 2020
Devils hire Mark Recchi as assistant on Lindy Ruff's staff
Mark Recchi played and lifted the Stanley Cup with Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr, Patrice Bergeron and Zdeno Chara and coached Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, so the Hockey Hall of Famer knows a thing ...
Sep 08, 2020
Quebec parents lose first round in legal fight for online classes amid pandemic
MONTREAL - A group of Quebec parents has lost the first round of a legal fight to force the province's Education Department to provide an online learning option for all families who want it. Quebec Su...
Sep 08, 2020
City of Grande Prairie to get one final blast of summer weather
The City of Grande Prairie and most of northwestern Alberta will experience above seasonal temperatures this week, before heading back down to more seasonal temperatures over the weekend.Throughout th...
Sep 08, 2020
Man, dog killed along Peace Region roadway
Peace Regional RCMP say a 28-year-old man and his dog died along a road near Reno on Monday.Mounties say that sometime between 10 p.m. on Sunday and 9 a.m. on Monday, two men were travelling in a pick...
Sep 08, 2020
Raptors will be the "away" team in Game 6, but home court means little in bubble
In any other season, the Toronto Raptors would be in Boston preparing to play for their playoff lives in front of a rowdy Celtics crowd at TD Garden. But this isn't any other season. While the NB...
Sep 08, 2020
Consumer borrowing advances solid 3.6% in July, second gain
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer borrowing rose by a solid 3.6% in July, the second monthly gain after the coronavrius pandemic had sent borrowing down sharply in the previous three months. The Federal Rese...
Sep 08, 2020
'We want him back': Canucks trying to re-sign goalie Jacob Markstrom
VANCOUVER - Canucks general manager Jim Benning says he wants to keep goalie Jacob Markstrom in Vancouver. Benning told reporters Tuesday that he spoke with the Swedish netminder's agent on Monday and...
Sep 08, 2020